The Longhorn Nation needs to get busy, if we want the LHN on cable or satellite.  Call your providers!  

Speaking to a good Mormon friend of mine, he said it was relentless pestering from LDS members that pushed KBYU onto basic packages.

I have DirecTV so that is the only provider info I have. Longhorn fans, call:

(310) 535-5000 and speak to Heather, a nice PR person in the office of the president.

Everyone else track down your provider.  (There is another post about UVerse on FanPosts.)

Get busy!

While there has been much inane gnashing of teeth and vitriol during the past 24-48 hours, I haven't seen specific financial analysis of how much more money Texas A&M would make with this move to the SEC.

As Deep Throat told Bob Woodward, "Follow the money."  So I am putting forth a humble attempt to do so to try and determine exactly how much the A&M football program would make by moving to the SEC.

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(Yes, I edited the Headline to correct the typo. Have at it.)

Below is the text of an email I sent to Pat Forde this am.

Pat,

The fact you get paid to write is incredibly comical.  After reading your column this week on Alabama and comparing it to last week’s pile of dung on Texas (and I only use that childish metaphor because that is the metaphor your column began with last week), I will never waste my time reading another word you write. I am also canceling my subscription to ESPN magazine, just in the off chance I come across your byline.  The moment I see your talking head on my television, I will fast forward right through it.

Your SEC bias is blatantly obvious and the result is lazy, uninspired analysis, ossifying in my mind why blogs are usually a much better bet to find cogent commentary.  The fact that you pull a check spewing your nonsense is mind-numbing to me.

Let’s break down the two columns heretofore mentioned. 

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